Word: closely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...good defense," Lundquist said. "But we didn't have the experience or the confidence to win the close games...
...Despite coming up short in his quest for the national title, Blake's season was by all measures a rousing success. At season's close, Blake remained at the No. 1 ranked player in the country...
Prior to the A.D. incident in May, the lastclub to close to members was the D.U. club, whichshut down in 1995 after graduates andundergraduates could not agree on guest andalcohol policies...
...time to be winging it. NTSB investigators haven't yet determined exactly why American Airlines Flight 1420 skidded off that wet runway in Little Rock last Tuesday night, but it seems the pilots are back atop the list of suspects. Sources close to the investigation told USA Today that chief pilot Richard Buschmann and copilot Michael Origel seem to have skipped all or part of their landing "checklist" that airlines use to make sure their pilots follow proper procedure, especially during takeoff and landing. (Buschmann was killed in the accident; Origel survived.) Did the pilots chuck the book when they...
...police brutality case that shocked New York City -- and threatened to complicate Mayor Rudolph Giuliani?s bid for national office -- has come to a close with another major conviction. On Tuesday, a jury found officer Charles Schwarz guilty of beating and holding down Abner Louima, a black Haitian arrestee, as another officer violently sodomized Louima with a broomstick in a station house bathroom. That other officer, Justin Volpe, pleaded guilty to the assault last month in the face of overwhelming evidence and the corroborating testimony of four fellow officers. Schwarz and Volpe, both white, could now face life in prison...